Racing Back to Vietnam
A Journey in War and Peace
$49.70
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
15 November 2017
Summary
2018 GOLD MEDAL WINNER (MILITARY WRITERS SOCIETY OF AMERICA)This award-winning Vietnam War memoir from an Air Force flight surgeon is “a superb, first-hand account of combat flying” (Dan Hampton, New York Times-bestselling author of Viper Pilot)In 1971, United States Air Force flight surgeon John Pendergrass spent much of his time in the backseat of an F-4 Phantom, racing across the skies of Vietnam.Forty-five years later, he boards an altogether different type of aircraft and heads back to V…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781578266999 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1578266998 |
| Author: | John L. Pendergrass |
| Publisher: | Hatherleigh Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Hatherleigh Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 15 November 2017 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 164mm |
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“This book is a look at life in a fighter squadron in Vietnam from someone focused on saving lives. The flight surgeon is an integral part of a fighter squadron, especially in combat. It’s an easy read that brought back some good memories… and some not-so-good.” —Chuck DeBellevue, America’s top fighter ace during the Vietnam War
“A superb, first-hand account of combat flying. Highly readable, this is an informative and honest look at one man’s personal experiences during the Vietnam War.” —Dan Hampton, New York Times bestselling author of The Flight, Viper Pilot, and The Hunter Killers
“This well-written memoir grabs your attention as the author describes his service in Vietnam as a physician and as an F-4 Phantom backseater. His accounts of today’s Vietnam, its history and people, ring true and insightful. Honest memoirs of that miserable war are few. This is one of the best. I know; I was there.” —Ed Cobleigh, author of War for the Hell of It and The Pilot
About The Author
John L. Pendergrass
Dr. John Pendergrass is an eye surgeon, decorated Vietnam veteran, and six-time IRONMAN triathlon competitor. A native Mississippian, he graduated from Delta State College and earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Mississippi. Pendergrass is the first person over 60 to ever compete in six IRONMAN triathlons on six continents, which served as the inspiration for his first book, Against the Odds. Pendergrass is married with three children and has practiced ophthalmology in Hattiesburg, MS for over 40 years.
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